RPC VII.2, 218

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 218
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ(ΝΟΝ) ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β Ν(Ε)(Ω)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.28 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 731
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 215/1–2, 240/4, 241/2. 5: same obv. die as 249/1, 252/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Alpha Bank: 9712
2 2     Amsterdam AMNG 731.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     Sofia AMNG 731.2 = cast in BBAW
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll.